This is the second fan-devised compilation of rare Hothouse Flowers tracks. The first was organised and distributed amongst fans in 1999 and was titled "Air From The Hills". You can find more information about that at this page. The subsequent collection of rare tracks was titled "Strange Feeling" - you can find more information about that on this page.

This set features various live tracks taken from a wide variety of official releases. Many of these tracks are very hard to track down.

NOTE: These discs are meant to be played loud.

artwork

I've whipped up this very basic artwork myself. If you print this at 300dpi, it should be exactly the right size. The artwork consists of two TIF files, archived/compressed in a single 3Mb ZIP file for easy downloading.

alternate artwork by Laurent Bailly

the discs

Volume I:

1. Big Fat Heart 3:16
   Manchester, UK - taken from Just A Note
2. If You're Happy 5:58
   3 Sept 1988, RDS Stadium, Dublin - taken from Give It Up single
3. Thing Of Beauty 5:24
   King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show '93
4. Eyes Wide Open 3:55
   1 Jun 1990, City Hall, Newcastle - taken from Japanese 'Home' bonus disc
5. Lonely Lane 5:25
   ?1 Oct 1987, Bottom Line, Northern Ireland? - taken from Don't Go single
6. Christchurch Bells 5:39
   Feb 1991, Australia - taken from Aust Christchurch Bells tour souvenir
7. Giving It All Away 5:41
   Feb 1991, Australia - taken from Aust Christchurch Bells tour souvenir
8. Si do mhamo i 3:02
   Feb 1991, Melbourne, Australia - taken from special 2-track Hardstone City single
9. Don't Go 5:57
   Manchester, UK - taken from Just A Note
10. Give It Up 3:36
    taken from Movies single
11. Sweet Marie 6:41
    Jun 1990, London Town and Country - taken from Movies single
12. If You Go 8:54
    taken from 1990 live promo
13. Easier In The Morning 3:55
    taken from King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show '89
14. Love Don't Work This Way 4:42
    taken from King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show '89
15. Feet On The Ground 5:39
    recorded in London - taken from Easier In The Morning single

Technical details:
This disc should have silent gaps before tracks 3 (1 sec), 7 (2 secs), 8 (2 secs), 11 (4 secs) and 14 (5 secs). All other tracks should be separated by nil (0 secs) gaps, hence this disc must be burned using DAO (disk-at-once) instead of TAO (track-at-once). The CD-TEXT information denoting the title of the disc and the titles of the songs should be retained.

Volume II

1. Bean Phaidin 1:23
   3 Sept 1988, RDS Stadium, Dublin - taken from Give It Up single
2. Hallelujah Jordan 4:32
   Feb 1991, Australia - taken from Aust Christchurch Bells tour souvenir
3. This Is It (Your Soul) 6:23
   4 May 1993, Royal Albert Hall, London - taken from This Is It single
4. The Older We Get 4:45
   taken from King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show '89
5. Christchurch Bells 5:30
   taken from 1990 live promo
6. An Emotional Time 4:45
   9 February 1993 - taken from 2 Meter Sessies
7. I'm Sorry 4:15
   taken from King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show '89
8. Movies 5:02
   taken from 1990 live promo
9. Sweet Marie 7:34
   4 May 1993, Royal Albert Hall, London - taken from This Is It single
10. Be Good 3:45
    4 May 1993, Royal Albert Hall, London - taken from This Is It single
11. Giving It All Away 5:04
    taken from 1990 live promo
12. I Can See Clearly Now 7:08
    taken from 1990 live promo
13. Don't Go (acoustic) 4:02
    12 Oct 1987, location unknown - taken from I'm Sorry single
14. If You Go 8:29
    3 Sept 1988, RDS Stadium, Dublin - taken from Give It Up single
15. Forever Young 5:49
    Country Bowl, Santa Barbara - taken from This Is It single

Technical details:
This disc should have silent gaps before tracks 5 (2 secs), 6 (2 secs), 10 (2 secs), 13 (2 secs) and 15 (2 secs). All other tracks should be separated by nil (0 secs) gaps, hence this disc must be burned using DAO (disk-at-once) instead of TAO (track-at-once). The CD-TEXT information denoting the title of the disc and the titles of the songs should be retained. Please note that there is an audible glitch near the end of the first chorus in "Hallelujah Jordan" which is present in the master recording.